DC Blox Warren Township (Thunderbird Commerce Center) Approved
Up to $2.2B (incl. IT equipment) campus at 305 Fintail Drive in the Thunderbird Commerce Center (former Ford Visteon plant site), near S. Kitley Ave. and the Pennsy Trail. Originally 3 buildings; scaled back on July 8, 2026 to 2 buildings, 25 fewer backup diesel generators, and 28 MW less power demand after community pushback. Exempted from Indianapolis's Aug. 19, 2026 citywide data-center moratorium as a previously-approved project. DC Blox says the project creates 35 permanent high-wage jobs.
Key facts
- Operator
- DC Blox
- Owner
- DC Blox
- Location
- Warren Township (Indianapolis) / Irvington, Indiana
- First proposed
- 2026-04-27
- Hearing
- 2026-06-11
- Decided
- 2026-07-15
- Stage today
- Approved
Source
read 2026-09-02
What to do next
Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.
What has happened so far (6 events)
- 2026-04-27public-comment
A community forum at Downey Avenue Christian Church drew Irvington/Warren Township residents to question the proposed $2 billion DC Blox data-center campus. · source - 2026-05-22coverage
WFYI reported residents pushing back on the DC Blox proposal, citing noise, water use and energy-demand concerns on Indy's east side. · source - 2026-06-11hearing
The MDC hearing examiner held a hearing on the DC Blox petition; residents said they felt they lacked a voice in the decision-making process. · source - 2026-07-08coverage
DC Blox announced a scaled-back plan -- two buildings instead of three, 25 fewer backup diesel generators, and a wider buffer south of the Pennsy Trail -- citing community feedback. · source - 2026-07-15vote
The Metropolitan Development Commission voted 6-1 to approve the scaled-back DC Blox data-center campus despite dozens of protesters outside the City-County Building. · source - 2026-08-19moratorium
DC Blox was one of three already-approved Indianapolis projects explicitly exempted from the citywide data-center moratorium the MDC adopted 6-0. · source
Find the paper trail
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)
State environmental permits
Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.
- Indiana IDEM — Office of Air QualityThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
- IDEM Virtual File CabinetSearchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.
County & town filings
The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.
- Search Warren Township (Indianapolis) / Irvington planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
- Search Warren Township (Indianapolis) / Irvington property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.
Utility & grid records
The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.
- MISO (Midwest & Gulf) — interconnection queueRequested megawatts, queue position and target in-service date. The MW here is the real number; the one at the town meeting is often phase one.
- PJM Interconnection (Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley) — interconnection queueRequested megawatts, queue position and target in-service date. The MW here is the real number; the one at the town meeting is often phase one.
- Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
- FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
- Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.
Federal databases
Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.
- EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.766, -85.990 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
- EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
- EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.
These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.
Around here
- Indianapolis (Marion County) community briefing — Enactedexpires 2027-12-31
- Indiana briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts.
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- Recore Digital AI data center inquiry — Grant County, 54 mi Rumored
- Project Riverjump (Marion) — Marion (Grant County), 57 mi Withdrawn
Cite this page: GridWatch AI, “DC Blox Warren Township (Thunderbird Commerce Center)”, aigridwatch.com/projects/dc-blox-warren-township-in, retrieved 2026-10-11.
As of August 2026 (2m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing
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